"The author makes the common mistake of assuming a static market, in which developers on the intermediary platform are permanently fixed to that platform. In a

"The author makes the common mistake of assuming a static market, in which developers on the intermediary platform are permanently fixed to that platform. In a fluid app market, what is the likelihood that those intermediary developers will stay loyal to their platform while developers on Apple's platform eat their lunch?" I would say it's pretty high, because if they wanted to learn Objective-C and get on the iPhone platform, they already could have. The exact reason so many Flash developers are pissed about this is because they want to use their existing skillsets on the iPhone platform, but can't.